The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-13 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligenoe. THE NAVY. VALETTA,ApriI B.—The work of clearing out Corfa and the other islands of ordnance stor les continues to be carried on with the g reatest activity, bat no precise date has yet been mentioned w hen the com plete evacuation of the seven islands w ill take place. The ;Pelican, 17, Commander Comber; Icarus, 11, Acting-Commander Boger ; Liffey, 35 ; Capt. G. Parker, and Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, have all arrived here within the last few days, heavily laden with powder and munitions of war, and barrack stores of every description, and after discharging will most likely return for fresh cargoes of a similar kind. They experienced very bad weather on their passage down. The Liffey will have to undergo repairs, having injured her rudder. The Icarus, when off Sicily, was obliged for a time to stop steaming and proceed under sail alone, owing to the heavy sea and her being so deeply laden. The Fox, 2, screw storeship, Staff-Com mander T. C. Pullen, left on Wednesday for Corfu to embark stores, and the Foxhound, 4, Commander W. Anderson, is daily expected here from that island, with a large quantity of powder, shot, and shell. The martello tower was blown up at Vido o a the 30th ult. It is said to have been one of the most effective explosions which have occurred. The whole tower rose in a mass several feet, then the lower part flew out in every direction, and the remainder fell in innumerable fragments, much of the clay foundations being carried away by the force of the exploding mines into the sea. 6,4001 b. of powder were used in this explosion. The Keep, Fort George, and a large covered way, and other works at Vido have still to be destroyed. Nothing c‘f Fort Abraham remains, bat the exterior of Fort N euf and other works on the island of Corfa are untouched, and it is believed will be allowed to remain ; most of these (except Fort) being of ancient construction, and useless for purposes of defence against modern artillery. In one of the explosions on the 29th the second serious accident occurred, a stone having fallen on a cor petal's leg above the ankle, and damaged it so much that it had to be amputated the same night. The Orlando, 46, the commanding officer of which, Capt. G. G. Randolph, is superintending the embarcation of stores, is before leaving Corfa to try her guns against the Maitland Tower, and the Royal Artil lery have received orders to make a similar experi ment. The Royal Engineers expect to quit the place by the middle of April, by which time they hope to have completed the demolition of all the works that are to be destroyed. It is said to be the intention of the King to proceed in Admiral Yelverton's flag ship (the Revenge, 73) to take formal possession, and this will probably occur about the last week in April. The Gibraltar, 81, Capt. J. C. Prevost, left Malta on the 6th inst. for the Piraeus, to relieve the iron clad "ship Resistance, 16, Capt. W. C. Chamber ia;ti, ordered to this island. Letters from Corfu mention that the weather has been very bad there lately. On the 28th it blew a violent equinoctial gale, which obliged some of the men of war to get up steam and strike lower yards and topmasts. It did not clear up till the 31st, when the vessels ready to leave for Malta were enabled to take their depar ture. During the gale the Growler, steam tender, met with an accident by running into the Magi cienne, carrying away her foreyard and mizen mast, and causing some damage to the latter vessel. Her Majesty's surveying steamer Firefly, Lieut.-Commander G. R. Wilkinson, left Malta on the sth inst. for Marsala. Her orders are to com plete the survey of the channel between that part of Sicily and the opposite coast of Tunis, all of which region, being under volcanic influences, it is very important should be carefully surveyed. The Sultan's steam yacht Talia, Capt. D. N. Comyn (an officer of the Royal Naval Reserve), arrived here from Woolwich and Gibraltar on the 3d inst., and left on the following day for Constantinople. She made a rapid passage oat of only eight days and a half, including a stay of 24 hours at Gibral tar, from which latter place she made the run in three days and four hours. The Austrian frigate Canto Dandolo, Capt. Baron Sternech, continued her voyage on Sunday last for Pola. Her Majesty's despatch vessel Caradoc, Lieut.-Commander E.Wil kinson, will leave port in a few days for Constan tinople; and the Weser, 6, Commander Johnstone, has been ordered to Malta. Dr, Trower, Bishop of Gibraltar,will proceed to Constantinople in the Ca radoc, for the purpose of holding a confirmation. On Monday a naval court martial, composed of Capt. J. Falford, of the Formidable, 84, president ; Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., Cumberland, 70; Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock, Aurora, 35 ; Cspt. the Hon. G. 1). Keane, Cumberland, 70 ; and Capt. J. Corbett, Scout, 21, assembled on board the Formidable, flag ship of Vice-Admiral Sir C. Talbot, K.C.8., Com mander in Chief at Chatham and the Nore, for the trial of Mr. E. E. Nicholson, assist.-paymaster of her Majesty's screw steamer Bombay, 67, 400 horse power, Capt. C. A. Campbell, on the charge of hav ing on March 30 last been drunk on board the said ship and incapable of discharging his duty. Capt. C. A. Campbell prosecuted, and Mr. Knight, of the firm of Essell, Knight, and Arnold, Crown solici tors, Rochester, officiated asDeputy Judge Advocate and conducted the case, At the close of the exa mination of the witnesses for the prosecution the prisoner handed in a written defence ; he also pro duced to the Court six certificates from officers under whom he has served, but he called no witnesses. The Court, after deliberating for a short time, found the prisoner guilty, and sentenced him to forfeit three years of his seniority and to be severely repri. manded. The Irresistible, 68, 400 horse power, Captain J. B. Dickson, late of the Dauntless, 31, fitting for the Coastguard service, is at moorings in the Medway, where she is receiving the remainder of her stores on board, in readiness to proceed to sea. Sho is intended to be stationed in Southampton Water. The screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt. Barnard, recently returned from the North American station, which left Portsmouth on Saturday, arrived in Ply mouth Sound on Sunday morning. On Monday she discharged her powder and shell, and was to be placed alongside the jetty at the Devonport Dock yard, to be dismantled, preparatory to paying off her crew. She will then be placed in the third division of the steam reserve at Devonport, but it is not improbable that she may be stationed in some port on the Coastguard service, in substitution of a lesser ship. Her Majesty's iron ship Buffalo, having returned to DeptTord Dockyard after a three months' trip, was yesterday inspected by divers for the exami nation of Leeteh's preservative glass sheathing applied to a portion of her bottom. The result was highly satisfactory, and appeared fully to realise the anticipation of the inventor, as the surface of the sheathing was then as free from any incum brance as when first laid on. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. F. Martin to the Archer, vice Bythesea, V.C., invalided; Hildebrand W. H. Stevens, nominated to a naval cadetship ; and John N. Mercer, midshipman to the Hecate. THE ARMY. The coloneley of the 68th Regiment has become vacant by the death of Lieutenant-General Robert Christepher Mansel, K.H., who died on Friday last, after a long illness, at Sandgate, Kent, in his 76th year. The deceased served with the 10th Regiment in the Mediterranean, and subsequently with the 531 in the Peninsula. lie was present at the battle of Toulouse, where he was severely wounded. On attaining the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in 1826 he went on half-pay. The deceased General was ap poin • ted Colonel of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot in Jane, 1837 . In 1832 h e was ma d e a Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, and had received the war medal and one clasp for Toulouse. His commissions bore date as follow : Ensica Jan. 29, 1807 ; Lieutenant Jan. 27, 1808 ; Captain Jeb. 4, 1813; Brevet-Major July 5, 1821; Major June 9, 1825 ; Lieut.-Col. June 10, 1826 ; Colonel Nov. 23, 1841 ; Abior-Gen. Nov. 11, 1851 ; and Lieut.-Gen, Oct. 26, 1858. The funeral of tho late Col. Charles Bingham, who died at Brighton on Wednesday last, took place Yesterday. He was interred in the old parish church. yard of Plunastead village, near Il r ool wich, with the full military honours due to his rank as Adjutant of the Royal Artillery. Cardinal Wiseman on London Architecture. Yesterday evening an elaborate lecture was de livered by his Eminence Cardin al Wiseman to a very numerous audience in the Architectural Museum, South Kensington Museum, on the follbwing sub ject, "Judging from the past and the present, what are the prospects for good architecture in London ?" After referring to an architectural tour in which he and other students took part under the leadership of a learned archaeologist very many years ago in the Campagna of Italy in quest of monuments of the past, the cardinal proceeded to say that a national style of architecture should be born, bred, matured, and consolidated by the people of the land. Was there, then, anything in the public architecture of England at the present time to show future ages what type the present generation preferred ? _ . .. Would it not -be said that they were divided between the medixval, the renais sance, and the classical ? (Laughter.) He could not, indeed, shut his eyes to the results of private enterprise directed by private taste. It was where they would least expect to see it—in the chief business parts of London—that they had lately seen substituted for a class of buildings, deserving only the name of" warehouse," structures, elegant, beautiful, and solid, which had transformed public streets into places of study and con gratulation. (Cheers.) As to the mansions of the aris tocracy generally, they consisted, as Canova re- marked, of long lines of brick walls with open slits. (Laughter.) The wealth created by commerce, how ever, had flowed back upon art, and manifested itself in splendid architecture. A foreigner standing at a point commanding a view of the Bank, the Man sion-house, the Exchange, Goldsmiths' Hall, and the Electrio Telegraph-office, would grasp with his eyes the keys of England's greatness. The lecturer, after remarking on the harmony which existed in Belgium and other countries between past architec ture and the peculiarities of the people, and observ- ing that all private dwellings were essentially ephe meral, contended that trade itself—a name often uttered with contempt—might and ought in this country to be made subservient to the development of grand and durable architecture. Although Lon don possessed architects equal to any work, there was no general rule or design in building. Here was the Tudor, there the classical—here the renais sance, there perhaps the Turkish. (Laughter.) In religious architecture the public taste seemed now to be gravitating towards what was great and good ; although in numerous cases solidity was found without a sufficient admixture of grace, an inclina tion to sacrifice beauty to mass. Sometimes vast lines appeared to be grimly disposed, and symmetry a little too conspicuously despised. (Laughter.) By degrees, he thought, genius would purge archi tecture of its glaring defects, and a style be struck out which would be thoroughly rhyth mical. A kind of bricks often entered into our i modern public buildings which marred the general effect. The brick of Nero's age was much more durable and attractive. Terra cotta, of which he had recently seen some beautiful specimens in buildings, promised to aid the work of improvement. It might be objected that he had been speaking as if London would be destroyed. He certainly did not articipate that as a result of fire, now that every parish had its engine; and diplomacy had now clearly taken the place of ploughing up cities and sowing the ground with salt. (Laughter.) As to the future, he did not believe any city could go on advancing in prosperity for ever, and architectural as well as other changes must come in the course of time. The feeling which ought to be cultivated in reference to public architecture was one of reve rence—a respect for everything that was great or good, everything that was beautiful in itself or its associations, everything that was national or his torical—a feeling that there was in all this a value not to be balanced by passing advantages or pecu niary gains. (Cheers.) His eminence then alluded at considerable length to the disturbance of public and other buildings, and even public burial grounds, inflicted or threatened by railway and other enter prises, strongly condemning the last-mentioned, and contrasting it with the reverence for the dead mani fested by the heathen people of Rome. After de • scribing very fully the Capitol and acqueducts of Rome, the latter still supplying, he said, 321 gallons of water for each inhabitant, he concluded by saying that he should be very glad if what he had said should contribute in any way to the im , provement of the architecture of London, and by expressing a hope that art and science would unite for that purpose, and endeavouring to excite in our people reverence for the sacred and taste for the ' beautiful. (Great cheering.) On the motion of Mr. Baresford Hope, thanks were voted by acclamation to the Cardinal for his lecture. The lecture, which occupied upwards of two hours, was listened to throughout with well-sustained in terest. At the request of the assembly, his Eminence consented to publish his lecture. Mail Packets Western Port of Call. A large and influential depution attended yester day on the Postmaster-Ueneral with reference to the question which is again being agitated as to expe. diting the delivery of letters by the ocean mail packets. Among the deputation were John Hardy, Esq., M.P., W. S. Lindsay, Esq., M.P., John ren der, Esq., MT., Alfred Seymour, Esq., M.P., Sir Henry Paul Seale, Bart., C. Scale Hayne, Esq., chairman of the Dartmouth Railway; G. E. Bidder, Esq., chairman of the Dartmouth Harbour Board ; Captain Sherringham, R.N. ; Captain Arkwright, R.N., Captain Bailey, &c: Mr. HARDY introduced the subject by referring to the two Government reports of 1840, whereby, after referring in detail to the inquiries the commis sioners had made as to the best port in the west of England for the arrival and departure of the mail packets, they unanimously reported on both ecca sions in favour of Dartmouth. Attention was drawn to the important fact that the railway would be completed in July down to the harbour at deep water, with very commodious whar fage and piers, so that the steamers might go along side at any time of the tide, day or night, and the other facilities were fully entered into in detail. Mr. Lindsay mentioned the practical experience he had had during the time his lino of vessels had carried the mails between England and Calcutta, and ex plained the advantages which he considered Dart mouth possessed over all other western ports. Captain Sherringham, who was for many years in the Government survey department, and had surveyed all the western harbours, gave a very clear statement of facts in support of the advantage of Dartmouth over all other western ports. A detailed statement was handed in showing the great saving in time to the merchants of London, and especially to those at Liverpool and Manchester, and all northern towns, by a western port being fixed. It was urged on the Postmaster- General that the Government ought to assist in this important point by inquiring into these facts, and when satisfied as to which port gave the greatest facilities, requiring the packets to call at that port. His lordship promised to give every attention to the statement of the deputation, and that the matter should be fully considered before the next tenders for the mail service were called for. Persons who have been in the habit of paying weekly as burrowers of Sewing Machines will do well to apply at once and become members of Messrs. Watts and Co.'s Sewing Machine Clubs. By so doing they will not only save the money they now foolishly throw away, but at the same time secure to themselves the possession of one of the best and most celebrated sewing machines in the world. Every in formation given on application ; or by letter addressed, with a stamped envelope, to Messrs. Watts and Co., 12, Beaufort buildings, Strand, London, W.C., where mem rs are en zolled daily between 10 and 4; Saturdays, 10 and 7. [AnvEnusnarENT.]--Holloway's Pills and Ointment. — A frequent case of gout and rheumatism is the inflamma tory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion and general debility. A few doses of these pills, taken in time, are an effectual preventive against gout and rheumatism ; but anyone who has an attack of either should use Hollo way's Ointment also, the 'powerful properties of which, combined with the effect of the Pills, must infallibly effect a cure. Tnese Pills act directly on the blood, which they purify and improve. They also regulate the secretions and give tone to the stomach, and thus the whole system is in vigorated, and put into a condition which enables it to throw off disease or check its approach. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 18M. A New Gun, Mr. James Mackay, timber merchant, of Liver pool, has recently invented a new principle of gunnery, which promises to be a dangerous rival to all systems extant. The principle in all rifled cannon appears to have been to allow as little windage as possible, and to make the shot fit the grooves of the piece, taking from them a rotation in its flight. Mr. Mackay, on the other hand, has conceived the plan of having the grooves so arranged that, while the shot fits closely to their outer edge, the grooves are left open for windage. By this arrangement the gas has to travel some feet further than the shot, and in doing this imparts a rapid and perfect " spin" to it. The shot are of cylindrical form, perfectly smooth, with conical heads, and cupped at the other end in proportion, so that each shot is perfectly balanced from the centre of its length. Mr. Mackay in his patent also claims a peculiarity in the wadding, which is of sawdust, by which at the movement of the first ignition of the powder the elasticity of the wadding moves forward the shot slightly; the effect is that the whole of the powder is burnt, and the shock on the breech of the gun considerably lessened. Mr. Mackay has had a gun made upon this principle by the Mersey Steel and Iron Works Com pany. It is of wrought iron, weighs nine tons, has a bore of 8.12 inohes, and in other respects corre sponds with the general features of the ordinary 68 pounders. There are 12 grooves, and as the shot do not enter these grooves, it allows of a much sharper twist than in ordinary rifled guns. The velocity has been found to be 1,640 ft. a second; the utmost range has not yet been tested. Messrs. Laird and Co., of Birkenhead, are now building an armour plated vessel called the Agincourt, for the Govern ment, and it was agreed to test the gun against a section of the side of that vessel. It was intended to make the trial last Saturday, but unfavourable weather prevented it. Yeeterday morning, how ever, was fine and clear, and the gun was fired against the target, resulting in a complete triumph of the gun. The target consisted of an outer plate, 7ft. square and 51in. thick of rolled iron ; next came 9in. of teak, then an inner plate or skin tin. thick, then angle iron and ribbing, and finally a backing up with timber balks and supports 18in. thick. The plates were stated on competent authority to be the best that can be made of rolled iron. Messrs. Laird supplied the whole, and expressed confidence in the strength of the target. The gun was fired in the presence of Mr. James Mackay, Mr. D. Mackay, Mr. Bouek, and other gentlemen, shortly after 8 a.m. The gun was charged with 301 b. of powder and a cast steel shot, weighing 1671 b., made by Messrs. Thomas Firth and Son, of Sheffield. The range was 200 yards. The shot struck the target with a dull thud a little below the bull's eye on the right, and in the very strongest part, where it was backed up by the rib of the ship's side, the angle iron, and the timber balk. At the point of impact a perfectly circular hole was cut. The shot then powdered the teak, passed through the inner skin and the angle iron, shattered the timber balk into fragments, and was picked up 82 yards beyond the target, together with a circu lar piece of the iron armour, about 801 b. weight, it had carried with it through the back supports. The sand showed that it had spun to the last About 70 fragments of iron, bolts, and fragments of the inner skin and angle-iron were picked up 100 yards from the target. The shot when found was reduced from 13 inches to 11 inches in length, and increased about an inch and a half in diameter at the end which struck the target. The other end was uninjured. The whole target was forced back about six inches, and so much deranged that more shots were not fired. Sir John Jones, Captain Fisher, RN., Captain White, R.N., Mr. Nicholson (civil engineer), Captain Inman and many other gentlemen, inspected the gun and targets during the morning; and all expressed the greatest aston ishment at the performances of the gun. The shot fired and the portions of the target torn away will be exhibited at the Liverpool Exchange to day, and he target will remain on view for some time. No 'urther experiments are intended at present. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT NORTHERN, An extraordinary general meeting of this oompany was held yesterday at the station, King's , cross, Ur. E. Denison in the chair, Mr. Oakley, the secretary, having read the notice con vening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN explained that the object of the meeting was to authorise the directors to raise £1,046,300. He said the auditors had examined the money powers in the various Acts, and had found that the total sum would not exceed the amount he had mentioned. For some considerable time past they had gone on raising additional capital by the issue of preference shares, but the directors thought the additional capital should now be raised as a part of the ordinary capi tal stock. The original capital stock of the company now amounted to Li 796,737, which added to the various pre ference stocks made a total share capital of £9,244,818. It appeared to them that it was undesirable to add any more at present to the preference capital, and that by raising the additional capital as part of the original stock the public would consider the property more stable and valuable. Mr, V. KNIGHT wished to know whether the proposed new capital included the £300,000 proposed to be lent to the Chatham Company for making the coal line across Ludgate hill. The CHAIRMAN said the proposed capital was for other lines, and did not include any portion of the £300,000 pro posed to be lent to the Chatham and Dover Company. It was entirely for the shareholders to decide on what terms the new capital should be issued. He concluded by moving the following resolution : That such an amount of ordinary stock be created as will produce. £1,046,300, that being the amount of capital autho rised to be raised by the following acts, viz., the West Che shire, the Edgware, Highgate, and London, and the Hat field and St. Albans Railway Acta 1862, and by the Great Northern (Cheshire lines and Spalding to March) Acts, 1863. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously. After some conversation the following resolution was also carried unanimously : That the said stock be allotted rateably to the proprietors of all descriptions of consolidated and preference shares and stocks of the company, and of the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Company, at the rate of X 125 for each £lOO of stock; not less than £lO to be allotted to any one proprietor ; and and that the amount to be paid for the same be divided into five equal instalments, payable at intervals of not less than three months each, the first payment to be made on the 2d of May next, and any stock not taken up may be disposed of at the discretion of the directors for the benefit of the company. The CHAIRMAN said the third resolution was to the effect that interest would bo allowed on calls paid in advance al the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, which was agreed to. The fourth resolution, which was carried unanimously, entitled the holders of the new stock to receive the same rate of dividend on the several instalments as might from time to time be declared upon the consolidated original stock of the company, and when fully paid up the new stock would be incorporated with and form part of the consoli dated original stock of the company. The proceedings then terminated. GENERAL GARIBALDI, AWFUL EXPLOSION.—On Monday night an ex plosion occurred in the schoolroom below the chapel used by the Free Methodists, Park-row, Nottingham. On the above evening a prayer meeting was being conducted by Mather, recently a prize fighter, known by the name of the Runcorn Novice, .500 or 600 people being present. The proceedings were most excited, at times rising into frenzied fanaticism. Mr. Mather entranced his audience to an ex traordinary degree, and exhibited a beautiful Bible, which had that day been presented to him, remarking that that was his bexingglove now he had thrown aside the unsightly appliances of the ring. His congregation were in raptures, and the feelings of all were in the highest state of frenzy, when suddenly a tremendous explosion was heard which shook the entire building and could be felt some distance away. listantly all was confusion; the women screamed and cried, the men raved and shouted in the most terrible manner, and the mass of people, panic-stricken, made a simultaneous rush for the doors and windows. Hats were lost, coats were torn, and skirts were ripped into shreds and tatters. In vain one or two of the calmer spirits endea voured, with voices pitched in the highest tone, to still the tumult which prevailed. All reason was useless. Women were pitched through the windows, frames were broken in all directions, and as a proof of the eagerness of the crowd to escapefrom the place, some iron railings outside, an inch and a half square, were broken. Eventually the school room was cleared, the gas meter having in the meantime been turned off. An examination of the building was then made, and it was discovered that a portion of the roof of the schoolroom had been completely blown down. Shortly before the explosion a smell of gas was perceived, and the chapel keeper took a lighted candle into the chapel, and placed it to a nick in the floor, with the intention of finding out where the gas escaped, when in a moment the explosion occurred. He was knocked down insensible, and many other persons were severely scratched and bruised in at tempting to escape. Dr. Marsh, on hearing of the explo sion, went to the spot and rendered all possible assistance to the sufferers. The fire brigade and engines were in im mediate attendance, but their services were not much required. The public enthusiasm about General Garibaldi has in no degree abated. At all the places he was expected to visit yesterday crowds had assembled, and wherever he appeared he was greeted with tumultuous cheers. The fatigue and excitement of Monday do not seem to have affected him in juriously, and during the day his time was fully occupied in receiving and paying visits. Throughout the whole morning the courtyard at the back of Stafford House was thronged with visitors waiting anxiously, either in the hope of catching a glimpse of the General at some of the windows, or at least of seeing him in the event of his leaving the mansion to pay visits. The great patience of the crowd did not go unrewarded, for at midday, when the yard was densely packed, it became generally known that Garibaldi would leave the house at half-past 12 on a visit to the villa of the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland at Chiswick: Precisely at that time one of the Duke's carriages drove into the yard, and in a few moments the General stepped into the carriage, followed by the Duke of Sutherland and another gentleman. The cheer ing when Garibaldi appeared was immense, and was con tinued till the party had driven from the yard. Before going to Chiswick he paid a visit to Lord Palmerston, and remained with him about a quarter of an hour. At Chiswick the weather was delightful, and the beauti ful pleasure-grounds were seen to the greatest advantage. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll and family, Lord Granville, Lady Caroline Lascelles and family, the Duchess (Dowager) of Norfolk, Lord and Lady Blantyre and daugh ters had assembled at an early hour. Shortly before 2 o'clock the Earl and Countess Russell, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, and other personages in vited to luncheon began to congregate. At 20 minutes after 2 o'clock Garibaldi arrived in an open barouche, ac companied by the Duke of Sutherland and General Eber. On alighting at the villa the band of the 2d Life Guards played the Garibaldi Hymn. The Duke of Sutherland, after assisting the General to alight, introduced him to the Duke of Argyll, and he was then conducted to the vestibule where the Dowager Duchess and the Duchess of Suther land, the Duchess of Argyll, Lady Blantyre, and Lady Constance Grosvenor had met to welcome him. In the centre saloon all the company had congregated, and gave the General a hearty greeting. At a quarter to 3 o'clock the Duchess Dowager and her guests descended to the summer dining room to luncheon. The General sat at the head of a table in the principal room, supported on the right by the Duchess Dowager, and on the left by the Duchess of Argyll. At the same table, covers being laid fur twenty, were the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Argyll. Earl Granvile, Viscountess Palmerston, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl and Countess Russell, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and. Mrs. Gladstone, and Lady Constance Grosvenor. There were also present—Lord and Lady Blantyre and the Hon. Misses Stuart, the youthful Marquis of Lorn and Lord George Campbell and sisters, the Duchess (Dowager) of Norfolk and the Hon. Masters Foley, the Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower, M.P., and Hon. Miss Pitt, the Earl of Sefton, Hon. Lucy Lyttelton, Lord and Lady Taunton and Hon. Misses Labouchere (3), Lady Caroline Lascelles and Misses Lascelles, and Mr. Las celles, Mr. Seeley, Mr. and Mrs. Loch, Mr. Hewett, Mr. Watts, Colonel Marshal, Sir E. Landseer, Sir David Dun , das, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., Hon. Leopold Agar Ellis, Hon. Henry Howard, Lord Albert and Lord Ronald Leveson Gower, Mr. Paniazi, Lord Frederick and Lord Richard Cavendish, Dr. Quin, Mr. and Mrs. Cowper, Dr. Watson, Baron Marochetti, Viscount Jocelyn, &c. Shortly after the luncheon was over, the General, his hostess, and her guests walked through the pleasure grounds, At the solicitation of the Dowager Duchess General Garibaldi planted a cedar (cedrus deodara) on the lawn, in front of the house, to commemorate his visit. At a quarter after 5 o'clock General Garibaldi took leave of the Dowager Duchess, cordially thanking her for the hospi tality he had received. After taking leave of the Duchess of Argyll and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the General took his seat beside the Duchess of Sutherland in an open barouche, the Duke of Sutherland and General Eber occu pying the other seats. The military band played the .Gari baldi Hymn as the carriage left the gates. The crowd waited about the yard of Stafford House till the return of Garibaldi in the afternoon, when again ho was cheered heartily. During the day many visitors called at Stafford House, among whom were the Duke of Wellington, Lord Farnham, Sir J. D. Hay, Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford, Earl St. Maur, the Earl of Harrowby, Ear Somers, Sir 11, Bruce, the L ‘rd Mayor, &c. On his return from Chiswick General Garibaldi, accompanied by his sons, visited Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., at his house in Thurioe-square. By some channel the fact of his visit to this part of the town became known, and there was a large con course of persons outside the house who warmly greeted him. Iu the latter part of the evening the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland invited a select party to meet the General at dinner, the guests including the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Earl Granville, the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Mr. Frederick Leve son, Gower, &c. This evening a grand banquet will be given at Stafford House, to which the most distinguished members of both houses, irrespective of party, will be invited to met: the General. Later in the evening - the Duchess gives a reeepe tion, which is likely to be, both in the number and rack of of its guests, one of the most brilliant of the season. A general meeting of the City Reception Committee was held yesterday afternoon at the London Tavern to arrange the visit of General Garibaldi to the Crystal Palace on Sa turday and Monday next, and to receive a deputation from the Italian committee. Mr. Edmond Bodies occupied the chair; Messrs. Negretti, Serena, Rossi, &e., attended as the deputation. The chairman, in opening the business, *congratulated the meeting on the glorious event of the pre ceding day. Mr. Negretti then detailed the arrangements which had been entered into between the Italian Committee and the directors of the Crystal Palace for the Garibaldian fetes on Saturday and Monday next. Saturday would be the Italians' fete, on which occasion the Italian address would be presented to the General, accompanied by the pre sentation of swords to him and his eldest son, Menotti, fol lowed by a concert by the artists of the Italian Opera. Monday would be a day especially devoted to the working classes, at Garibaldi's own request, at which addresses from c zporate and other bodies would he received. Al though the Italian Committee had taken the initiative in engaging the Crystal Palace, they desired the co-operation of the City and Working Men's Committees, and would be happy to receive any suggestions from those committees to make the fetes as effective as possible. The Crystal Palace authorities had met th© committee in the most liberal spirit,and the whole proceeds o f the fete, less the necessary expenses, would be paid over to the testimonial fund. Considerable discussion took place, it being the general opinion that the Italian Committee, especially as regarding the Monday's proceedings, had taken upon them selves more than they were warranted in doing, without having first consulted the other committees. Mr Negretti having made some explanations satisfactory to the commit tee, the following resolution was proposed by Mr Chinery and seconded by Dr Massie : " That six members from each committee —the Italian, the City, and the Working Men's—be now appointed for the purpose of carrying out the arrangements of the Gari baldian fetes at the Crystal Palace on Saturday and Mon day next, and that all future advertisements relating thereto be signed by the secretaries of the respective committees." This resolution was strongly opposed by Mr Negretti, and supported by Captain Rogers, Mr Richardson, Mr Levenson, and Mr Shlesinger. Negretti ultimately withdrew his opposition, and the resolution was agreed to. It was also arranged that notices of all addresses to be presented at the Palace must be sent in to the committee not later than the evening of Friday next. It was further resolved, on the motion of Mr Richardson, seconded by Mr Nicholay— " That the arrangements made up to this date by the Italian Committee be confirmed." No more than six persons must compose the deputation presenting any address, and full notice of the intended pre sentation must be given to the Reception Committee at the Crystal Palace before Friday next. This committee recom mends that each deputation should be distinguished by a banner, bearing the name of the body it represents. On Monday Garibaldi will be seate d on a dais erected in front of the great orchestra; and the p ersons composing the vari ous deputations will approach his position by a wide flight of steps, and retire by a similar flight on the other side of the dais. On Saturday the price of admissien to the Palace will be 6s ; but half-crown tickets, taken before Friday, will secure an entrance. At the last meeting of the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company a letter was read from Mr. Seely, M.P., requesting that the Recount fo r the passage money and ex penses in bringing General Garibaldi and his companions from Caprera to Malta and from Malta to Southampton, might be forwarded to bins- In reply to this it was unani mously resolved by the board that no charge should be made either for the General or any of the gentlemen who accompanied him, and Mr- See l y was re q uested to commu nicate the resolution to the General, together with the assurance of the directors that they felt deeply gratified at having been able to facilitate the long desired visit of the Italian patriot to this country. Such a resolution is the best answer that can be given to the statements which have been circulated that the company charged one thousand guineas for sending the -Valetta out of her way to call for the General and his companions at Caprera. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—OOIISUIIIptIOII, all nervous, bilious, liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry' s health restorin g Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after corthahegm, et e e d x ic p a e lm or e a n ti h o a n d . abandoned all hopes of her rec over y from the last sta g e of pulmonary consumption, with fearful exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks,-, emaciated to a skeleton. She is n ow, thank G od , a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Fent ley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting, of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 54,816. The Rev. James T. Cam;bell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical reatinent. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 6d; 51b, 11s; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Ca., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS, (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday the deaths in Lon don were 1,501. In the 14th week of ten years 1854-63 the average number was 1,257, which corrected for increase of population becomes 1,383. The present return therefore shows an excess of 118 deaths. There were 197 deaths from bronchitis, and 104 from pneumonia; the corrected averages being respectively 152 and 102. The oldest person registered in the week was a widow, 96 years of age. The wife of a file-cutter, aged 42, died on the 2d inst., at 12, Plumtree- court, Holborn, from " effusion on the brain, accelerated by want of nourishment;" and a razor-strop maker, aged 50, died on the 4th inst., at 13, Devonshire-street, Mile-end, from " bronchitis, accele rated by want of necessaries." A gardener died at Plum stead of " tertian ague; engorgement of the lungs (two weeks) ; apno3A." A child of "erythema nodosum ; pneu- monia." Last week the births of 1,018 boys and 995 girls, in all 2,013 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1851-63 the average number (corrected) was 1,966. In the first 13 weeks of the year the deaths in London were very numerous; they were 22,733, In the same quarter of each of the four previous years 1860-63 they may be stated, as an approximation, to have been 19,000. Hence it appears that nearly 4,000 lives were shortened, which would have been prolonged, some perhaps for months, others probably for years. if circumstances had not been more adverse than those which attend an ordinary winter. The weekly deaths rose to their highest point in the second week, when they were 2,427; they fell to their lowest point in the 12th week, when they were 1,397. Twice they rose above 2,000; ten times above 1,600. In the first week the mean temperature of the air was as low as 261 dcg. The mean temperature of the quarter was 38.2 deg. That inclement weather was the source from which sprung so great a mortality is proved by the Table of Diseases, Cold weather gives increased returns under many heads, but bronchitis is, more than' any other disease, the mea sure of its intensity. The deaths from bronchitis scarcely exceeded 2,200 in the warm winters of 1862-63 ; they rose to 4,023 in the winter now past. Those from pneumonia rose from about 1,000 to 1,425. Phthisis increased from about 2,000 to 2.486; heart disease from nearly 800 to 1,027 ; whooping-cough from about 800 to 913, 17 deaths were ascribed to privation in the quarter. The average is 12. The districts on the south side of the river returned more than their due proportion of deaths from zymotic diseases, Of 413 deaths from measles, 147 occurred in the south die• tricts ; of 749 from scarletina 215, and of 172 from diarrhoea 70 occurred in the same districts, Though diarrhcel does not prevail in winter, there were not few cases of it in Lambeth and Battersea. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. The non-appearance of any of the Derby "cracks" for their engagements in the Biennial this afternoon robbed the card of much of its interest, and caused speculation to be languid in the extreme. The Scottish Chief, Cambuscan, Forager, Blair Athol, Ely, &c., were all absentees, and nothing of any great note remained in. On some of the favourites this non-fulfilment of their engagements had a prejudicial effect, driving them back in the betting. People are generally suspicicus of the " bottling-up" system, and apt to think something is amiss when a horse declines a good stake. Only six events were on the card, commencing with the Sale Stakes, which the favourite, Master Richard, carried off in the commonest of canters. The 50 sous Sweepstakes saw a great favourite discomfited in Crisis, on whom the talent laid 6 to 5 ; but Young Rapid proved too much for her, winning, after a very game race, by a length and a half. The 100 sous Sweepstakes again saw Goater's stable running first and second, Rouge Cram repeating her yesterday's victory, with Rigolboche well up. Battaglia, one of the best looking among the 2-yr-olds at Lord Stam ford's sale last year, ran very unkindly. 12 runners came to the post for the Biennial, Privateer, Acolyte, and Echo being trusted with most money ; but they were squandered by Masquerade, a stable companion of the first favourite for the Derby, not mentioned in the betting. The issue of the race brought Scottish Chief to 6 to 1 for the Epsom event. The Newmarket Handicap was won by the favourite, Guerilla. The weather has been magnificent. The Eighth Sale Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft ; colts, Set 10th ; fillies, Bst 61b; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 31b, and those bought for less than 3:0 guineas allowed 31b ; for less than 100 guineas, 61b. A.F. 12 subs. Mr John Day's Master Richard (91b), Sat 11b.... (Judd) 1 Mr Naylor's Quarantine (61b), Sst (Challoner) 2 Duke of St. Albans' Cesar de Lion (31b), Bst 71b (F. Adams) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Master Richard, sto 1 agst Collar de Lion, and 7 to 1 agst Quarantine. The favourite, lying in the, centre of the three, jumped away with a strong lead, which he increased as; he reached the ".Bushes-hill," where he had both his horses beaten, and cantered home the winner by 30 lengths. Coeur de Lion was pulled up some distance from home. Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each ; for colts, Bst 10Ib, and fillies, Sst 71b. D. M, 6 subs. Mr Craven's Young Rapid, Bst 101 b (J. Goater) 1 mr Try's Crisis, Sat 71b Baron Evelina, Bst 71b (Wells) 3 71b Bst Mr T, Stevens _s Faith,(Fordhani) 4 Betting--B to 5 o.'l Crisis, 7to 2 agst Evelina, and 4 to;1 agst Young Rapid. Crisis cut out the work, having Ywung Rapid on his right, with Evelina and Faith on the lower ground. They ran thus into the cords, when Young Rapid drew away and won very cleverly by a length and a half, a like dis tance separating the seccnd ar,d third. Faith was a bad fourth. Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for 3.yr-olds ; fillies, Set 91b. P.M. 6 subs. Mr Henry's Rouge Crosse Mr Savile's Rigolboebe.. • • (Fordlat2 m ) 2 Mr W. Robertson's BattagiN . . The betting opened at even on and closed at 7 to 4 agst Rouge Crosse, 2 to 1 agst Battaglia, and 5 to 2 agst Rigol boche. _ _ _ _ The three ran abreast for a short distance, when Rigol boche, in the centre, drew slightly is advance, and came on with the running to half way in the cords, where Goater brought up Rouge Crosse, and won a good race by half a length ; Battaglia finished a bad third. First Year of the Sixth Newmarket Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for yearlings of 1862 ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b. The owner of the second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. on the whole stake, and the owner of the third horse a SUM equal to 5 per cent. R.M. 60 subs, Mr Merry's Masquerade, Bst Gib (H. Covey) 1 Lard Westmoreland's Sig,nalr an. Bst 101 b (S. Adams) 2 Mr Starkv's Izaak Walton, Bst 101 b (A. Edwards) 3 Mr Night's The Count, Bst 101 b (Judd) 4 The following also ran :—Echo, Woodcraft, Verger, Washington, Calista cat, Privateer, Acolyte, and Skef fington. Betting-2 to 1 agst Acolyte, 4to 1 each agst Privateer and Echo, 10 to 1 agst Verger, 100 to 8 each agst the Calista colt, Izaak Walton, and Signalman, 100 to 6 agst the Count, and 25 to 1 agst Washington. After two or three failures they got away nearly in a line, Privateer with a slight lead; but after running 100 yards he was pulled back, and the running was taken up by Signalman, closely attended by Masquerade, Skeffing ton, Izaak Walton, and the Count, Echo and Washington on the extreme right lying next, with Acolyte next, Ver ger and Woodcraft acting as whippers in. They ran thus witi little or no alteration into the Abingdon Mile bottom, where Masquerade drew slightly in advance of Lord West moreland's colt, and came on in advance to the cords, Sig nalman wide on his left, being second, followed in the centre of the course by Izaalc Walton, The Count, Acolyte, Skeffington, and the Calista colt. Half-way up Adams came with a rush, but failed to reach Mr Merry's filly, who won very easily at last by two lengths; a length and a half between the second and third ; a neck separating the third and the fourth; Acolyte as as fifth, close up, Skef• fington sixth, the Calista colt seventh, and Echo next. The last lot comprised Verger, Privateer, Washington, and Woodcraft. Plate of 50 soya, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Set 101 b ; and fillies, Bst 71b ; winners extra. First half of Ab. M. Mr Savile's La Mechanto . . . (J. Mann) 1 Mr C. Alexander's Cordelia (Challoner) 2 Baron Rothschild's Sister to Breeze Tho following also ran :—Pam be Civil, Conjuror, Ve dette colt, 'Wicket, Prairie Hen colt, and Whisky. Betting-5 to 2 agat La Mechante, 7to 2 agst Sister to Breeze, and 6 to 1 each agat Wicket and the Vedette colt. Sister to Breeze, with Cordelia and La Mechante in close attendance, made the running for the first 200 yards, when the favourite drew slightly in advance, was never after headed, and won in a very easy manner by a couple of lengths, Sister to Breeze finished an indifferent third. The ethers pulled up past the post at wide in.. tervals. The Newmarket Handicap of 25 soya each, 15ft, and 5 if declared, with 100 soya added, and 50 from the Town Fund, for 3.yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. From the starting-post of the R.M. to the end of B.C. (Im, 6f. 67yds.) 54 subs., 19 of whom declared. Mr Savile's Guerilla, 3 yrs, Sat 71b ..(J. Grimshaw) Lord Wilton's Wandering Minstrel, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Herbert) 2 Mr. E. Brayley's Outlaw, 3 yrs, Est (S. Mordan) 3 The following also ran :—Echo, Asteroid, Magnum Bonum, Fantail, Oscar, Odine, Ac' man, Farce, and Bay Celia filly. Betting-7 to 2 agst Guerilla, sto 1 agst Asteroid, 7to 1 each agst Outlaw and Actaeon, 8 to 1 agst Bay Celia filly, 10 to 1 agst Odine, and 20 to 1 each agst Wandeas g strel and Farce. Oscar, with Guerilla and Wandering Minstrel on his left, was the first away, and came on with the running, followed by Magnum Bonum, Asteroid, Outlaw, and Odine, the others lying wide on their right, being headed by Actaeon, Fantail, Farce, and Echo to halt-way across the flat, where Magnum Bonurn took second place, and followed Oscar to the turn of the lands, where the two were beaten, leaving Guerilla with a clear lead, followed by Lord Wilton's colt, Actmon, Farce, and Asteroid, the latter looking as well as anything as they came up tho hill, Oa reaching the site of the Old Duke's Stand the weight told upon the latter and he dropped back, Outlaw taking his place in attend ance upon the leaders to half way on the rails, when the two leaders singled themselves out and finished the race home, the favourite winning in a canter by three lengths, twice that distance separating the second and third ; Actman was a bad fourth , Echo fifth , and Farce skixth; then came Magnum Bonum and Asteroid, Fantail, to b Bay Celia filly, and Oscar last. On returning to scale Herbert, the rider of Wandering Minstrel, made a com plaint against the rider of Guerilla on the ground of a cross, when, after hearing evidence there by the stewards, the objection was overruled. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 6to 1 agst Scottish Chief 14 to 1 agst Cambuscan 14 to 1 agst Coast Guard 15 to 1 agst Paris 15 to 1 agst Birchbroom 22 to 1 agst Prince Arthur 1000 to 15 agat Sing John 1000 to 10 agst Privateer (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Planet (taken) 1000 to 6 agst Veterinarian MIDNIGHT BETTING THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES: sto 2 agst Fillo de I'Air Bto 1 agst Paris 20 to 1 agst Master Richard 25 to 1 agst Durham DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Scottish Chief 14 to 1 agst Coastguard 16 to 1 agst Cambuscau 20 to 1 agst Forager 25 to 1 agst Paris University College Hospital. The anniversary festival of the North London or Uni versity College Hospital, one of the most deserving and useful of our great metropolitan institutions, was celebrated last evening at Willis's Rooms; King-street, St. James's, under the distinguished presidency of Mr Charles Dickens, supported by Mr John Forster, Dr. Roget, Mr A. W. Jaffrey, Mr R.N. Fowler,tMr W. Fowler, Mr Enfield, Mr Bischoff, Mr Julian Goldsmid, Mr Jas. Heywood, Professor Masson, Mr Shirley Brooks, Mr Henry Kingsley, Mr Tom Hughes, Mr Macmillan, and about a hundred other guests. In order to exhibit the high claims which Ihe University College Hospital has upon the bounty of the benevolent, we may briefly state that upwards of 1,200 patients are annually admitted into the hospital, 6,000 every year re ceive medical and surgical treatment as out-patients, nearly 9,000 are attended to as casualties, relief is administered in 1,600 ophthalmic cases, and 850 women in childbirth are attended at the;r own habitations. The annual cost of maintaining the hospital in its present state is £6,500. The annual subscriptions do not amount to £l,lOO, the students' fees for clinical instruction, relinquished by the medical staff for the purposes of the charity, average £1,200, and the interest of investments amount to £320, making a total of £2,620, and leaving a yearly deficit of nearly £4,000 to be provided for. The debt now amounts to £6,741 (including a loan of £3,000), and there is no hope of diminishing that debt unless the committee receive spe cial assistance. During the past year extraordinary efforts were made to relieve the hospital from its floating debt. Nearly £3,300 was collected at the dinner last June, when Lord Brougham presided ; and the total amount of dona tions during the year was £5,600, among the contributors being the Queen and Prince of Wales, who has accepted the office of vice-patron. The hopes entertained by the commit tee when the nursery of the hospital was entrusted to the Lady Superior and Sisters of All Saints' Home have been completely realised. By their kind care and able treatment the comfort of the patients is increased and their recovery hastened. The usual loyal toasts having been eloquently proposed and heartily responded to, the chairman, in giving "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," coupled with it the name of Lieut,-Col. Tom Hughes (of school-boy days' fame), who, in responding, acknowledged the great assistance which had been rendered by the University College to the regiment. the 19th Middlesex, or Working Men's, which he had the honour to command, _ _ The CHAIRMAN, next proceeded to give the toast of the evening, " Success to the London University Hospital." He observed that his first remembrance of a certain spot in north-western London, and which he had reasons for re collecting, was of a very uninviting piece of wet ground, and a miserable pool of water. It was encumbered with rubbish, and looked like a barbarous place of execution, with its poles and cross poles erected for beating carpets, and the ground itself was covered with nettles and dock weeds. Associated with this place was a story, captivating enough to his boyish imagination, concerning the field of forty footsteps. so called, so far as he remembered, and he remembered it very distinctly, because of a duel that was traditionally supposed to have been fought upon a part of this rank place. While they were retreating and advanc ing, each with intent to wound the other, the tradition was that the grist; got trodden down with forty dreadful foot steps on which it never afterwards grew. He remembered going there, accompanied by an equally adventurous young Englishman about his own age, which was then something like eleven years, with whom he had made arrangements to seek their fortunes on the Spanish Main when they should have accumulated a certain sum of money, somewhere, he thought, about 405., and obtained a rifle each, which they never did. (Laughter.) He proceeded, in the company of this young pirate, to inspect this dismal piece of ground, and he well remembered counting 40 places on which the grass undoubtedly did not grow, though whether it grew anywhere for a couple of feet without a bald patch he could not, at this distance of time, undertake to say. This field of the 40 footsteps was close to the site on which was afterwards built University College, and which formed part of the open space of ground allotted to the students of University Col lege Hospital. Looking over the papers of this association, found, oddly enough, that this field of forty footsteps had b eee ,:e the field of four hundred and forty odd thousand footsteps, ,cor that number of brethren might be said to have taken refuge in: this hospital since its first establishment 30 years ago, and the place in regard to which this unnatural is still traditions.' was become a place for the restora tion-of all those, their brethren, to life, enjoyment, industry, and civilisation. (Cheers.) The present company knew far better than he did the claims which this hospital had upon the public. He would go so fat' as to say that it had a claim upon the generosity of all England. Its annual ex penditure was £6,500, and he regretted to say iJaat its income was not nearly one half the money. Moreover, a full moiety of that income was derived from the generosity of is. own medical staff, who, with a liberality which was most praiO• worthy to themselves, and gratifying to all who heard of it, devoted the whole of the fees derived from the clinical in struction of pupils to the support of the hospital. (Cheers ) At the present moment, however, the institution required at least £4,000 a year more to supply the deficiency created by its large expenditure over income, and it was manifest that unless great exertions were made it would be impossible to continue the charity. The institution had these peculiar claims upon the public for support. First, it had a claim upon the richer inhabitants of the north-western district, in which it was situate; being naturally the hospital to which all persons in their employment would be sent in the ease of accident or disease. next, it had a claim tit on the whole country for the improved medical oducatioa which it diffused t h rt ,pghout every part of the kingdom; and, thirdly, it re presented the largest and most liberal views in reference to religious mat:ers, no persons being excluded on account of th e ir religion. a proof of this ho might mention that wealthy Parsees had b ient their sons to this hospital to com plete their medical educab2n, and had thus been the means of alleviating the sufferings o: humanity by the spread of ret otest regions of the far medical knowledge even in the East. In conclusion he called upon th.q m all to support so truly excellent and useful an institution. Hear, hear.) The health of the Chairman was afterwards ;,roposed in eloquent terms by Mr MA.I/SIIALL, and Mr SZIRLET BROOKS proposed the health of the President and the other officers of the institution. In the course of the evening subscriptions and donations to the amount of £1,500 were announced. The musical arrangements, which were under the direction of Mr W. Ganz, and included the efficient service of Mdlle. Enequist, Miss Stabbach, Mr M, Smith, and Mr Adlington Wall worth, gave general satisfaction, MURDER OF A FEMALE.-0a Sunday morning last, a woman living at Westerham, a small town in Kent, was found dead, and from the appearances which the body presented there is no doubt that death was the re sult of violence. The deceased was Bridget Goodsall, be tween 40 and 50 years of age, who occupied a room in the town, and who, since the death of her husband, about two months ago, has led a rather dissipated life. It appears that Aaron Langridgo was passing down Water-lane, which is close to the town, and is a bye lane but little frequented, when he saw the body of the deceased lying in the road near to a Mr, Whitmore's house. He at once obtained the assistance of Mr. Rathill, surgeon, but the un fortunate woman was quite dead and cold, and it was evi dent, from the slight examination that was made, that she had been most brutally used. Information was sent to the police, and James Bachelor, a bricknaaker, residing near the Surrey breeches, and Richard Miles, labourer, living on Limpefleld-common, both young men about 20 years of age, were apprehended. The evidence briefly against the prisoners were that they had been drinking with the mur dered woman at the General Wolfe public'aouse on Satur day night, and left there at 12 o'clock, but they were all three afterwards seen going towards the town in the direc tion of Water-lane. Shortly before 1 o'clock Ann Clout, servant to Mr Whitmore, heard screams near the house (close to which the body was found), and the words " I have done nothing—l have done nothing," upon which she got up and struck a light, but afterwards hearing footsteps of some one running away, and there being no more noise she retired. 'When the prisoners were apprehended they gave contradictory statements as to where they had parted with the unfortunate woman, one of them having stated that he had left her near where the body w as foun d , and admitted the purpose for which ho had accompanied her, City Sewers Commissio, n, A meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of Lonc.`on was held at Guildhall yesterday, under the presi dency of Deputy Da Jersey. Among those prei Sent were— Deput y Scamell, Deputy Cork, Deputy Read, D eputy Lor kin, D eputy "Cumin, Deputy Bone, Deputy Perki as ; Messrs George Walter, Matthew, Croucher, Cox, Cole, Botterill, Dodswell, Israel, Houghton, Green, Hobson, J. T. y0u318 . , Banning, Nind, &e. Mr A. 3- .. BAYLIS, the solicitor to the commission, re ported that ot. the Bth April. he attended at the Guildhal l Police-court, at. d procured the condemnation, as unfi t for human food, o f a ,_quantity of diseased meat, which bad been se i ze d that morning in Newgate market. The meet in question, which cons isted of four quarters of a cow atd a tongue, was in a very bad state indeed, and it was 'evident that the animals had been suffering from disease for some time. The meat wa.i inspected by Alderman Phillips, who ordered it to be dest."oyed, and he directed that tno case should be referred to th e Commissioners of Sewers, with a view of proceedings bein.; Oren against the sender. The solicitor now asked the Co ur, '; to instruct him to make the necessary preliminary inquirt es into the matter, and, if necessary, to take out a summon 3 against the person or per sons - who sent the meat to the Lyndon market. The Court at once instructed the solicitor to take the necessary steps to bring the guilty parties to justice • The principal clerk, Mr Josnr u Da.w, react a con tmuni• cation he had received from the vestry clerk of White chapel parish, in reference to the East Loncion Railway, which it is proposed shall pass over High-street, Aldgate, near the boundary between the parishes of Allgate and White chapel. The co-operation of the Corporation of Lond on was asked for in order that injury might not be done to the parish by the construction of an ugly bridge, and prevent it being covered with bills and placards after it has been erected. The matter was referred to the Improvement Committee to consider and report. Dr LETHEBY presented the usual weekly rep ort on the sanatory condition of the City. The medical officer further reported that the illuminating power of the gas supplied to the City during the past week had in each case been above the requirements of the act; but the properties of sulphur had in the case of the Chartered and Great Central Companies been above the quantity sanc tioned by Parliament. After disposing of some further business the Commis-. sioners adjourned. Attempted Murder at Worcester.---A Police man Shot, WORC'ESTER, Tuesday, 2 p.m. The inhabitants of this city were startled this morning by a report that Police-sergeant Drew, of the city force, had been shot while in the execution of his duty. It appears that a young man named Walter .Tones, the' son of Mr. Jones, surgeon, of the College-yard, entered the shop of Mr. H. Perrins, gunsmith, of this city, and stole six-chambered revolver, with case, &c., complete, and made off, pursued by the owner, but Jones succeeded in effecting 'his escape. This was between eight and nine o'clock• Jones then appears to have made his way to Pitchcroft, a large ham by the side of the river Severn, and to have loaded the revolver with six bullets from the case. While roaming adout the fields near to the waterworks, he interrogated a girl named Emma Ball, and invited her to take a walk with him• The girl refused, whereupon Jones drew the revolver fronaili 3 pocket, and deliberately shot her through the hand. Tha girl's cries for help brought several persons to the spot, and they pursued the would-be assassin across the ham• Police-sergeant Drew lives in the neighbourhood, and vre o standing in his garden. He gave chase, and caught Jones in an entry in Moir-street, just by the ham., and was in the act of taking the prisoner to his (Drew's) house when Jones presented the revolver at his head and shot hie' through the right cheek, The ball entered the cheek, carried away a portion of the jaw and several teeth, and than struck the wall on the opposite side of the street. Drew staggered and fell, and the assassin continued his flight, threatening to shoot every one who followed him, but even tually he was captured by Superintendent Phillips, of th© county police, and handed over to the city authorities. Drew and the girl were attended by several medical then► and Drew's injuries were found to be serious, and most likely he will not recover. At midday the prisoner was taken before the city magis trates, when the evidence of a girl named Tweedie,who sag' the policeman shot, was taken, and Jones was then re manded for a week. No cause has been assigned by him for shooting the girls and it is believed by many that his intellect is impaired. He is in the employ of the Great Western Railway Compani at their works at Shrub-hill as an engine fitter. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS—TUESDAY. There was a fair attendance of millers to•day, and the show of wheat was not great, but quite enough to supply the small wants of our millers, which they were able to do at rather lower rates. Barley firm. Oats and beani.aocie late rates, MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY. White wheat, 40s to 44s ; red, 37s to 42s per 36 stone. Malting barley at 32s to 36s per qr.; grinding, 27s to 29 3 per 30 st. Oats, old, 26s to 28s; new, 215.t0 23s per 3 0 ; beans, 35s td 42s per qr. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. There was a fair attendance both of town and country dealers at market to-day, but wheat met with a slow sale at ld per ceatal decline on winter qualities. The demand for flour rather improved, but there was no alteration front the prices of last Friday. Oats and oatmeal a dull sale, f ), late quotations. Barley, beans, and peas in moderate sale' Indian corn difficult to sell at 6d less money. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. Our market to-day was fairly attended, and the shal t of wheat and other grain was about an average. Business was more active, and the price of wheat hr d a slight ur ward tendency. Other articles were firm at the same rates as last week. Red wheat, par load of 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to 165 0 i White if I ...17s Od to 18s 0 ' New red , ~ )9 Beaus 1 1 7 9 :: . .: 1 1 57 5 3 S s 60 0 ad d tt t 00 0 11 1 78 6: O no ci New white ll Peas, per qr 4oa Od to 44s 0 1 Grinding barley, per qr 29s Od to 3050* Malting ditto, ~ 32s Od to 35s od 1 9 • • Oats 193 Od to 2 4 s oa • Flour, is 4d to la 8d per 14 lb. MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white whea t ' 43s Od to 46s Od ; new red, 36s Od to 42s per 36 stone;, beans, 40s to 42s for old ; new sorts, 31s to 37s per 38 st.f`'; barley, 34s to 37s for malting, and 23s to 30s per qr. ~ grinding; new oats, 19s to sOd per 24 stone; old, 2 ' to 28s. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILSD ÜB.I Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. .. April l3 ' via Marseilles .. April IP' Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Mav 4., Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. April !2,_,' China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southamptou.April I,' via Marseilles ...April l' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton April t. s . India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April via Marseilles April 1, India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Apr il, l.. via Marseilles April 21 Portugal.... May 4 1 , l' Nlalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 10 via Marseilles Apr il 5 , Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... April 13. by U.S. packet.... , by Canadian packet. April an, W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritfe April lu Bahamas, via New York May 5 ,,g Mexico ... . April , All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Apr il 1 5 California. and British Columbia LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—The National Steenit S ao igation Company's steamship Pennsylvania sailed f‘ noun to.-ri ay for New York (calling at Queenstown for de: spatches), with her full complement of cargo and O s sengers. Births. G°B. BITLY.—On the loth inst::, at the Royal Laboratory , port, the wife of Captain 13.ayly, of a son. f BOULTON.—On the 11th inst., at Surbiton , the wife 0- Boulton, Esq., of a son. get WE/ILTSS.—On the 12th inst., at 6 . Buckingham-ica S.W., the widow of J. Hay ErskineWemyes, of li r °' and Torrie, N. 8., of a son. Marriages. JAMES—DENT.—On the 9th inst., at Bolam Church, 111; thumberland. William James, Esq. 42d Royal Iligat, l a nders, to Ellen, eldest daughter of W. D. Dean Esq., of Shortflatt Tower. ?of WALFORD—BEDDALL.—On the 9th inst., at St. ae °rg t- Hanover-square, Cornelius Walford, barrister;%/ law, of Little. park, Enfield, to Eliza ' eldest daug Thomas Beddall, Esq., of Finchingfield, Essex. Deaths. BETTELL.—On the 11th inst., at 014 K t ra nd, W illi° Bettell, Esq., late of the Logacy Office , Somers aged 70. CONROY.—On the 9th inst., at Reading, Lady Conroy' the widow of the late Sir John Conroy, Bart. DRUMMOND —On the 10th inst at Edwinsford, ° dr Fortesouo, second son of Sir Jades Williams D rumm aged EiX. 1 -l o use, ll To tton. LONG,—On the 9th inst., at The Chippi n g under-Edge, Paul Long, Esq., aged 46.- lac e, MA.GENIS.—On the 11th inst., at 13, Gros venor -P R. Magenis, Esq., aged 47 1 B ans e the STANHOPE.— On the 11th inst., at 16, Hon. and Rev. Fitzroy Stanhope, aged 77. Tle Sr3iFsoN.—On tha 11th inst., at 55, Strand, Simpson, aged 51, lA.II A-- London: PrlnZed and Prio ce li s hed by WILL )12 . of No. 112, Strand. Printer , at Tau SUN Offi _ t Strand, in the Precinct of the Saw l y . n the Cou n ' Y NUtilegex.—Wednesday , Arril 13, 1861,